Only 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Matafelon-Granges
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Matafelon-Granges has 7.3%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. This Ain town had 623 residents in 300 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.5% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Ain median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Matafelon-Granges
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Matafelon-Granges, 20% of its 410 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Matafelon-Granges had 652 residents at the 2012 census and 623 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 20%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 5.8% in Matafelon-Granges. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Matafelon-Granges, 6% of homes stand empty.
−4% since 2012: slower than 86% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −3% to 2023.
Matafelon-Granges is older than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Matafelon-Granges 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Matafelon-Granges has 19%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns, at 6.6%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for couples with children is 24% in Matafelon-Granges and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. 35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€28,320 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €28,320 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Matafelon-Granges. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.3% of residents are immigrants, below 61% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
4.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 56% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
43% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 50% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
27% of Matafelon-Granges’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 623 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Matafelon-Granges is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Matafelon-Granges
What is the population of Matafelon-Granges?
623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (652).
How old are Matafelon-Granges’ residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Matafelon-Granges?
80, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Matafelon-Granges?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Matafelon-Granges?
€28,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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